Polk Spring Election Yields Record Ballots And Local Votes
Polk voters cast 226 ballots the largest spring election total in the county history. A. W. Shafer and H. A. Johnson elected to the school board. H. G. Brauer and Philip Sack win village trustee seats. Various community updates follow including faculty, moves, and social events.
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Polk
A. W. Shafer
H. A. Johnson
H. G. Brauer
Philip Sack
Sylvia Fossberg
Kearney
F. W. Fossberg
John H. Anderson
Ira Shostrom
Blue River
Edward Larson
Kenneth Johnson
Art Newton
Maxine Bottum
Arlene Crew
Arvilla Reed
Nels Nyberg
Charles A. Carlson
Elmer Hanquist
H. G
Polk Progress Ad Briefly Lists Odd Prices
A clipped line from the Polk Progress shows miscellaneous prices: four dollars, two fifty, and a single fifty cent figure. The fragment offers no clear context or full item details.
Nebraska livestock waste controls set for 1972 deadline
The 1969 law requires producers to stop waste from reaching watercourses by December 31, 1972. A streamlined process, Ext circular 71-794, outlines 15 points to assess need and steps. SCS will assist in design and supervision. ACS will share costs.
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Nebraska
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Service
Extension Service
My Lai memory and Westmoreland clash over Calley verdict
A veteran asks about the Calley case and editors reflect on guilt through My Lai. The Omaha World Herald questions the verdict and whether higher command shares responsibility. The piece links Westmoreland’s stance to the broader war and notes Seymour Hersh’s My Lai reporting and its impact on U.S. credibility and public opinion.
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Calley
Omaha World- Herald
My Lai
Maj
Harvey G. Brown
Nuernberg
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Charlie Company
World Press
NET
UPI
Lubbock
Texas
Lincoln Star
William C. Westmoreland
William Calley
Lt. Calley
Seymour M. Hersh
Harpers Magazine
William Shirer
Mr. Hersh
Quang Ngai Province
Hersh
Nixon
Congress
America
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Farmers State Bank
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Earl Payne
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Beulah Stevens
Julesburg
Colo
W. A. Stevens
Monson
May Johnson
C. H. Smith
Fossberg
Elmer Mitchell
Godfrey Lindahl
Emmett Alton
David Carlson
Lawrence Sundberg
A. E. Sundberg
Catherine Putnam
Wright
Wyoming
Polk High School
Lincoln
Eva Cramer
Edna Mae Newton
Selah Kroger
Elizabeth Allison
Everett Green
Glenn Pickrel
Lillie Lind
Pickrel
Margaret Charles
Lloyd Lind
Charles McGinnis
Aldrich
Fern Myers
Miss Gladys
Edwin Swanson
A. E. Swanson
Arnold Isaacson
Pollack
Leo Wurtz
Lawrence Helden
Norman Wilshusen
Winfield, Kansas
Mildred Wurtz
Ralph Wilshusen
T. J. Nelson
Baptist Church
R. M. Bailey
Donavin Widga
Farmer's Co-op Grain Association
W. A. Wurtz
Henry Shostrom
Clifford Carlson
York
Dana Shostrom
Curtis Flodman
Mabel
Willie Shostrom
Henry Mundt
Dorothy
Alfred Wohl
Harry Henning
Shirley
Crete
Emil Wilshusen
Herbert Mundt
Carl Mundt
Nebraska Association
Mrs Carroll and
Robin
Claude Shenk
Clarks
Mert’s Appliance & Furniture
Osceola, Nebraska
Harpers
Progress Office
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